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This will probably be my last post on AK for a while. Bet you're relieved. Though I'm bound to return to the topic at some point.

Boddinton were always pretty crazy when it came to hopping, using, as they did, five or six different types in every beer. Most breweries stuck to between two and four types. Usually from several different years' harvests. It's a right pain in the arse when transcribing their brewing records and when writing recipes.

While before the war there was generally only one type of foreign hops, during it there were usually two. Boddington's favourite sources being California and Belgium, though Bohemia pops up occasionally, too.

Note that there Belgian hops from the 1915 harvest in the 1917 AK. Belgium's Poperinge hop region was in the tiny corner of Belgium never occupied by the Germans. With very few brewers left locally who could take their hops, ther were plenty going spare. UK brewers used them in increasing quantities later in the war when most other foreign supplies were cut off.



Boddington AK hopping 1901 - 1917


Date
Year
OG
copper hops
dry hops


12th Dec
1901
1046
English (4 types)
Californian




9th July
1902
1046
English (1900, 1901)
Californian (1900)




7th May
1903
1046
English (1900, 1901, 1901 CS, 1902)
Californian (1901)




29th Jan
1913
1042
English (1909, 1910, 1911, 1912)
Poperinge (1911)




9th Jul
1914
1044
English (1910, 1912, 1913)
Bohemian (1912)
Californian (1913)
English (1913) & Californian (1913)


5th May
1915
1039
English (1911, 1912, 1913, 1914)
Poperinghe (1913)
Californian (1913)
English (1914) & Californian (1913)


16th May
1916
1040
English (1912, 1915)
Californian (1914)
Poperinge (1914)
English (1915) & Californian (1914)


1st Feb
1917
1039
English (1914, 1915, 1916)
Californian (1915)
Poperinge (1915)
English (1916) & Californian (1915)


Sources:


Boddington brewing record held at Manchester Central Library, document number M693/405/126.


Boddington brewing record held at Manchester Central Library, document number M693/405/126.


Boddington brewing record held at Manchester Central Library, document number M693/405/127.





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